| Cleveland Browns at Washington Redskins Game Statistics |
| Date: October 18, 1953 Location: Washington, DC |
| Venue: Griffith Stadium Attendance: 33963 |
| Weather: Clear Temp: 78 F Humidty: 32% Wind: 9 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland BrownsCLE | 3 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 30 |
| Washington RedskinsWAS | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | CLE | WAS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 9 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Hugh Taylor 61 pass from Jack Scarbath (Bill Dudley kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 29 FG | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Otto Graham 1 run (Lou Groza kick) | 13 | 7 |
| 4 | Washington RedskinsWAS | Jack Cloud 28 interception return (Bill Dudley kick) | 13 | 14 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Dante Lavelli 25 pass from Otto Graham (Lou Groza kick) | 20 | 14 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Billy Reynolds 9 run (Lou Groza kick) | 27 | 14 |
| 4 | Cleveland BrownsCLE | Lou Groza 23 FG | 30 | 14 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||
| Offense | ||
| 88 | LOE | Pete Brewster |
| 76 | LOT | Lou Groza |
| 64 | LOG | Abe Gibron |
| 52 | C | Frank Gatski |
| 65 | ROG | Chuck Noll |
| 78 | ROT | John Sandusky |
| 86 | ROE | Dante Lavelli |
| 14 | QB | Otto Graham |
| 20 | LOH | Ken Carpenter |
| 40 | ROH | Dub Jones |
| 32 | FB | Harry Jagade |
| Defense | ||
| 82 | LDE | George Young |
| 70 | LDT | Don Colo |
| 79 | MG | Jerry Helluin |
| 72 | RDT | Derrell Palmer |
| 80 | RDE | Len Ford |
| 50 | LLB | Tom Catlin |
| 54 | RLB | Tommy Thompson |
| 24 | LDH | Warren Lahr |
| 15 | LS | Ken Gorgal |
| 22 | RS | Kenny Konz |
| 42 | RDH | Tommy James |
| Washington Redskins | ||
| Offense | ||
| 84 | LOE | Hugh Taylor |
| 62 | LOT | Don Boll |
| 78 | LOG | Ted Hazelwood |
| 53 | C | Al DeMao |
| 63 | ROG | Cas Witucki |
| 75 | ROT | Don Campora |
| 82 | ROE | Fran Polsfoot |
| 14 | QB | Eddie LeBaron |
| 22 | LOH | Charlie Justice |
| 20 | ROH | Julie Rykovich |
| 32 | FB | Leon Heath |
| Defense | ||
| 80 | LDE | Gene Brito |
| 74 | LDT | Laurie Niemi |
| 55 | MG | Jim Ricca |
| 76 | RDT | Paul Lipscomb |
| 89 | RDE | Joe Tereshinski |
| 36 | LLB | Chuck Drazenovich |
| 68 | RLB | Knox Ramsey |
| 44 | LDH | Harry Dowda |
| 46 | LS | Don Doll |
| 43 | RS | Johnny Williams |
| 42 | RDH | Dick Alban |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Ray Renfro | 7 | 101 | 14.4 | 42 | 0 |
| Otto Graham | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 21 | 1 |
| Billy Reynolds | 5 | 31 | 6.2 | 13 | 1 |
| Harry Jagade | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Ken Carpenter | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Charlie Justice | 13 | 79 | 6.1 | 17 | 0 |
| Leon Heath | 8 | 32 | 4.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Paul Barry | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Chuck Drazenovich | 6 | 18 | 3.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Harry Dowda | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jack Scarbath | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Eddie LeBaron | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||||||||
| Otto Graham | 32 | 16 | 50.0 | 1 | 235 | 7.3 | 41 | 1 | 29 | 71.7 | |
| Dub Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Washington Redskins | |||||||||||
| Jack Scarbath | 18 | 5 | 27.8 | 0 | 105 | 5.8 | 61t | 1 | 18 | 69.9 | |
| Eddie LeBaron | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Harry Jagade | 5 | 52 | 25.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Dante Lavelli | 4 | 97 | 24.3 | 41 | 1 |
| Ray Renfro | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Pete Brewster | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Dub Jones | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Billy Reynolds | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Hugh Taylor | 2 | 78 | 39.0 | 61t | 1 |
| Leon Heath | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Paul Dekker | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Kenny Konz | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Jack Cloud | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | |||||
| Horace Gillom | 6 | 271 | 45.2 | 61 | 0 |
| Washington Redskins | |||||
| Eddie LeBaron | 7 | 297 | 42.4 | 60 | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ray Renfro | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dub Jones | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Ken Carpenter | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Johnny Williams | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Hall Haynes | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland Browns | ||||||
| Ken Carpenter | 2 | 58 | 29.0 | 32 | 0 | |
| Washington Redskins | ||||||
| Johnny Williams | 4 | 103 | 25.8 | 33 | 0 | |
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